Delivered from the front line with the tenderness of a man truly in love, it had all the romance a marriage proposal should have. There was, however, one problem with the answerphone message left by a lovesick soldier for his girlfriend. He appears to have dialled the wrong number and, consequently, proposed to the wrong woman. Worse still, he cannot make another call home for a month and is not due to return, it is thought from Afghanistan, until April. The mystery soldier – he did not leave his name – left the 90-second message last Thursday. In it he tells his girlfriend, Samantha, how much he loves her and their unborn child – before finally proposing.
He begins: ‘Hi baby it’s me, I am sorry I could not call you last month, but you know what it is like out here. I should be back in three months so we can be together then. One of my guys has just been blown up, so I feel sad, I really feel sad. I feel so sad that I did not get to speak to you just now but I will speak to you next month.’ Overcome with nerves he then says: ‘Don’t ever forget I love you, I love you so much, I love you with all my heart and I was going to ask you, don’t answer, obviously you can’t answer, but will you marry me?’

The soldier speaks more of his sadness at apparently losing a friend to a roadside bomb before adding: ‘I love you with all my heart. I do not know what to say babes. I can’t wait until you give birth to my baby, my little soldier. I will do everything in my heart and I will try my hardest to fight to protect you...(inaudible) I’ve got to go back out here now. I love you with all my heart, don’t ever forget that, I love you, alright Samantha, I love you, bye, bye.’

But the message was never picked up by Samantha. Instead, it was left for 44-year-old mother of three Diane Potts, who heard it when she returned to her home in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear. Mrs Potts, an alternative therapist, said: ‘It was about half seven in the evening when I listened to my voicemail. From the way the young chap was talking it was clear he was a soldier. I could tell he was speaking from a phone booth, the line was quite crackly. I was shocked, and had to listen to it again before the message sunk in.’ Mrs Potts said the man spoke with a Sunderland accent and didn’t sound older than 18. ‘I think he probably dialled incorrectly, and that his girlfriend’s number is similar to mine. He said he would not be able to ring for another month, and would not be home for another three months, but he didn’t say where*abouts he was. I would assume somewhere in Afghanistan. He was asking his girlfriend to marry him. I just thought, “bless him”. He sounded so young. I felt as though I should not be listening, because the message was obviously meant for someone else. His girlfriend must be having a baby and I really hope she gets in touch.’

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This story could only be better if the woman he called was so enamoured by his message that she agreed to marry him. XD

Wow, that is almost sadder than any downer romance movie plot could ever be. Though I do hope it has a happy ending. I hope they're able to find out who the message is actually for, though it doesn't seem like they have enough info.

Isn't there any tv-show that people watch every day and that is watched by most people in the country, where they could talk about this? I mean they show every now and then reports about cute animals in the zoo, so why not about something like this?

If he can't call again for a month wouldn't that mean he can't receive a call for a month either? It's not like he's sitting there waiting for a call that won't come, it sounds like he wouldn't be able to answer the call anyway.

All this leads to is her getting the call in a month asking what her answer is and being confused as hell.

What's sad about it, you ask? Well how about the fact that if he had dialed the right number he may have gotten ahold of his girlfriend, could have talked to her and proposed to her directly instead of on the answering machine of a stranger. It was a simple mistake with kinda sad consequences.

That being said, there's nothing that says it couldn't turn out okay for them. Hope he makes it back alright and it all works out.

What's sad about it, you ask? Well how about the fact that if he had dialed the right number he may have gotten ahold of his girlfriend, could have talked to her and proposed to her directly instead of on the answering machine of a stranger. It was a simple mistake with kinda sad consequences.

That being said, there's nothing that says it couldn't turn out okay for them. Hope he makes it back alright and it all works out.

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Still not finding it that sad. No guarantee she would have answered even if the number was right. Save your sadness in a sad sack for something sad, there's no guarantee this will end badly.